Bio

DARLA BJORK

91 Franklin Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 219-3680
Fax (212) 925-4777
db@darlabjork.com

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007 SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2004 SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2002 SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2000 SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1998 SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1996 Omettagalleria, Sippola, Finland
1993 Ceres Gallery, NYC
1989 A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
1985 Ceres Gallery, NYC


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 stART08, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2007 Small Rays of Hope, Rhonda Schaller Chelsea Gallery, NYC
         Woodstock School of Art Regional Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
         Six Chix, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
         Woodstock Biennial, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
2006 Couples - Do Opposites Attract?, BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY
         ASK Artists' Studio Tour 2006, Kingston, NY
         7+14, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
         Artists' Self Portraits, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2005 Portrait, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
         The Square Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC
         Small Works, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
         Art Benefit for Blue Ocean Institute,solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
         Wish You were Here IV, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
2004 Generations 04, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
2003 5 x 7 Show, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY
2002 Artists Choose Artists, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
2001 Thrown Together, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NYC
2000 Imaging the Wunderboard, Center for Freudian Analysis and Research, London Biennale 2000
          Generations, A Survey of Woman Artists at the Millennium, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
1999 FranklinFest, TriBecCa Art Walk, NYC
1998 amazons & avatars, OIA @ New York Law School, NYC
         Troubling Customs, Ontario College of Art & Design Gallery, Toronto, Canada
          Transmission, de Zaaijer Gallery, Amsterdam
1997 Ordinary/Extraordinary: The Artists Use of Home, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago
1996 Un-Portrait, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1995 Girl Dreams, Woman Visions, CB’s 313 Gallery, NYC
          Girlhood, Ceres Gallery, NYC
         Nancy Azara & Darla Bjork, Wall Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC
         Re/Defining Lesbians: Power/Transition, WCA, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio, TX
1994 Healing through Art/The Art of Healing, Times Square Gallery, NYC
         Astraea Arts & Leisure Auction, The Drawing Center, NYC
         OPEN/SHUT, Exploring Women’s Lives, The Crystal Quilt, Inc, NYC
1993 OIA Salon, The Prince Building, NYC
          The Face Not Only A Parent Could Love, Triplex Gallery, NYC
         Women’s Art-Women’s Lives-Women’s Issues, Tweed Gallery, NYC
1991 Scarlet Letters, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
          Visible For A Change, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
          Wiminfest Art, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
          The NYC Anti-War Group Exhibition, Brecht Forum, NYC
1990 Black Listed, Whitewashed, Red Handed, SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
          The Human Image, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
1989 The Art of Ceres, the Krasdale Exhibition, Bronx
1988 Artists choose Artists, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
1986 In Homage to Ana Mendieta, Zeus-Trabia Gallery, NYC
1985 Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
1984 Art as Therapy: Therapy as Art, Resnick Gallery, Brooklyn


REVIEWS

2002 Art Review, Woodstock Times
1996 Taiteen tekeminen psykiatriaa, Kouvolan Sanomat,
1989 Darla Bjork, Elise LaRose, Women Artist’s News
         Gifted, Arlene Raven, The Village Voice


EDUCATION

1979-1984 NYFAI/Women’s Center for Learning, NYC
1977 Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn
1965-1969 Psychiatry Residency, Kings County Hospital/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
1961-1965 University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
1959-1961 St Olaf College, Northfield, MN